Java.util.Arrays.hashCode(byte[]) Method

Description

The java.util.Arrays.hashCode(byte[]) method returns a hash code based on the contents of the specified array. For any two byte arrays a and b such that Arrays.equals(a, b), it is also the case that Arrays.hashCode(a) == Arrays.hashCode(b).

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.util.Arrays.hashCode() method

public static int hashCode(byte[] a)

Parameters

a -- This is the array whose hash value to compute.

Return Value

This method returns a content-based hash code for a.

Exception

NA

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.util.Arrays.hashCode() method.